• Jesus@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Fun fact, if you adjust for inflation, this machine is only $52 more than the original switch was at launch.

    This is basically the originally pricing, adjusted for inflation + Trump’s 20% Chinese manufacturing tariff.

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      17 days ago

      If that’s the case it should be 20% cheaper in other markets where the tariff doesn’t exist. Want to take bets?

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      18 days ago

      Good point about inflation.

      I’m really curious on how powerful the Switch 2 will be in comparison to the handhelds in the market now.

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        17 days ago

        Well no, we are going from first to like… seventh gen Tegra, which comes with a whole slew of additional hardware support. They are likely going to be hitting 120fps using DLSS, which is both neat and really sad, plus the higher performance video encode/decode for their DiscordGroupChat implementation.

        HDR and 1080p on the device’s screen itself are big improvements. A lot of people will bellyache about no OLED but LCD tech in general has gotten pretty good and will last 30+ years instead of 10-at-best.

        Most of the external hardware changes seem superficial, but things like the dual USB C and the larger joysticks (which hopefully means they won’t drift) should be noticeable quality of life enhancements.